AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
DAVID G. LOCONTO is an associate professor of Sociology at Jacksonville State University. His current research interests include pragmatism particularly as it relates to people developmental disabilities and minorities. He also is doing research on the origins of American sociology. He has published on such topics as grieving; dreams; college athletics; Italian Americans; multiculturalism; and pragmatism.
DANIELLE JONES-PRUETT is currently a senior at Jacksonville State University, pursuing a B.A. in physiology and English Literature. Her main areas of interest are political psychology, gender and ethnic studies, and the effect narratives have on societal beliefs. She is a member of both Phi Kappa Phi and the Psi Chi Honor Society. Ms. Jones-Pruett is currently conducting research on the way students respond to overt social bias. She has published on the relationship of Charles A. Ellwood to the origins of Symbolic Interactionism.